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BOTTLE. No. 580,138. Patented Apr. 6, 1897.

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RICHARD E. MANDLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,138, dated April 6,1897.

Application filed June 27, 1896. Serial No. 597,237. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD E. MANDLEY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar numeralsof reference indicate corresponding parts wherever found throughout theseveral views.

This invention relates to bottles, jugs, jars, and similar vessels; andthe object thereof is to provide a vessel of this class with a neckattach ment which is adapted to be secured in position in such mannerthat it cannot be removed, said attachment being so constructed andarranged that when the vessel has been iilled and the neck attachmentapplied the vessel may be emptied of its contents, but cannot berefilled or reused.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following speciiication, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is acentral vertical section of the upper part of a bottle and the neckthereof provided with my improved neck attachment; Fig. 2, a section onthe line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a section on the line 3 3.

In the practice of my invention I provide a bottle or other vessel 5,having a neck 6, in the inner walls of which and near the lower endthereof is formed an annular inwardlydirected shoulder or projection 7,and said neck is also provided near its upper end with an annular grooveS.

My improved neck attachment consists of two separate tubular parts 9 and10, and the part 9, which is adapted to rest upon the annularinwardly-directed shoulder or projection 7, is provided at its lower endwith an annular inwardly-directed liange or rim 11 and at its upper endwith an annular groove or enlargement 12, and said lower part 9 of theattachment is also provided near its upper end with a partition-plate 4,at the opposite sides of which are formed segmental ports or passages13, and said partition-plate 4 is preferably formed integrally with thelower part 9 of the attachment, and said attachment and thepartition-plate are divided vertically and thus formed in two equalparts,

and said partition-plate and the annular inwardly-directed flange or rim11 at the bottom of the part 9 of the attachment are connected byvertical rods 14, four of which are preferably employed, and said rods14, together with the flange or rim 11 and the partition-plate 4,constitute a cage in which is placed a ball-valve 15. The upper part 10of the attachment is provided withan annular groove 16, which is adaptedto register with the annular groove 8 in the neck 6, and placed thereinis a split spring-ring 17, which is adapted to hold the attachment inplace within the neck, and the central bore thereof is enlarged orbell-shaped in form at its lower end, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and thefollowing statement thereof. lVhen the bottle or vessel has been filledwith the desired contents, the part 9 of the attachment is insertedthereinto and forced downwardly therein until it rests upon the annularinwardly-directed shoulder or projection 7, after which the part 10 isinserted into the neck and forced downwardly until the annular groove 16therein registers with the annular groove 8 in the neck, and in thisposition of the parts 9 and 10 the upper part 10 rests upon the lowerpart 9, and the spring-ring 17 securely locks the attachment in place,and said attachment cannot be removed without breaking off the neck ofthe bottle or vessel.

The upper end of the neck may be closed by a cork or stopper in theusual manner,

and whenever it is desired to empty the bot-v tle or vessel or dischargea portion of its contents it is only necessary to remove said cork orstopper and then invert or tilt the bottle or vessel, when the valve 15will leave its seat under the action of gravity and the pressure ofliquids thereon, and said liquids will flow out through the port oropening in the annular flange or rim 11 and through the ports orpassages 13 and through the upper part 10 of the attachment, and thisoperation may be continued or repeated until the bottle or vessel isentirely empty.

If an attempt be made to refill the vessel by pouring liquids thereinto,the valve 15 will at once be reseated, and no liquids can enter IOO thevessel, and this operation of the valve will be the same in any positionin which the vessel can be held in an attempt to pour liquids thereinto,and the valve 15 may also be so constructed as to serve as afloat-valve, in which event liquids cannot be forced into the bottle,the valve 15, serving as a neat-valve, rising to its seat, and thusclosing the passage through the annular flange or rim 11.

The form and construction of the partitionplate 12 are such that whilethe liquids within the vessel can flow out around the same a tool orinstrument cannot be inserted so as to nterfere with the operation ofthe valve, the insertion of a tool or instrument for this purpose beingprevented by the annular inwardly-directed shoulder or projection 2Obelow the partitionplate and by the form of the lower end of the upperpart ofthe attachment 10, as shown at 21, an annular shoulder orprojection being formed at this point.

VThis device is well adapted to accomplish the result for which it isintended and does not add materially to the cost of the bottle orvessel, and the object of forming the lower portion 9 of the attachmentin two parts, or dividing the same longitudinally, is to provide meansfor inserting the valve 15.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A bottle or other vessel provided with al neck, atthe lower end of which is formed an inwardly-directed annular shoulderor projection, and a neck attachment consisting of two tubular parts,the lower part being adapted to rest upon said shoulder or projection,and being provided at its lower end with an annular inwardly-directedflange or rim, and near its upper end with a partition-plate havingports or passages at its sides, and said partition-plate and said flangeor rim, being connected by suitable rods, between which is placed avalve, and means for securing the upper part of the attachment inposition, said lower part of the attachment being provided with aninwardly-directed annular shoulder and being provided at its lower endwith anl annular inwardly-directed flange or rim, and near its upper endwith a partition-plate having ports or passages at its sides, and saidpartition-plate and said ilange or rim, being connected by suitablerods, between which is placed a valve, and means for securing the upperpart of the attachment in position, said lower part of the attachmentbeing provided with an inwardly-directed annular shoulder below saidpartition-plate, and the central bore of the upper part of theattachment being bell-shaped at its lower end, and said lower part ofthe attachment being formed in two parts or divided longitudinally,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 26th day of June,1896.

RICHARD E. MANDLEY.

Witnesses:

WV. NV. HILL, CHARLES S. ROGERS.V

